Parking light



mm. 27, 1923, '1,475,507 W. H. PEARSQN PARKING LIGHT Filed ont; ze, 1922 l mmmmm" nig "gwuwtoz E abtozwug Patented Nov.v 27, N23.

entran stares?,

tassa WILLIAM H. PEARSON, 0F WATERTOWN, YORK.

PARKING LGHT.

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B e it known that I. iViLLiA M H. PEAnsoN,

a Acitizen of the United States. residing atA vTatertown in the county of Jefferson and State of New York. have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Parking Lights-pf which the following is a specification.

M v inventionV relates to an identification and parking light for automobiles, and one tion having easilyl removable transparent,v

panels. which 'can be used for purposes of identification.

"With these general objects inA View, my'

-inventi'on consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combination ofl parts as hereinafter; described and claimed. and in order that it may bev fully understood, reference is to be 4had to `the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 isa frontl elevation ofthe parking light; v

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse' section; and

' Fig. 4 is a vertical'longitudinal'section of the body of the. light.

Referring to. the drawil'ig, 2 isl the base plate adapted to be secured to the fender 3 of the vehicle by fastening devices 4. The said plate is provided with a screw threaddd opening 5 for engagement by the screw threaded end-6 of the standard 7,'Which has an electric light bulb 8 secured to its upper end in any suitable manner. The electric\ wiring 9 passes throughv and is concealed fromview by thestandard 7.

The upper end of the said standard is screw threaded at 10 and engages a screw threaded opening 11' in the cylindrical bodymember l2. The body member rhas longitudinal openings 13 and 14 onits front and rear vanimation mea october 2s, ieaz. serial No. 597,129.

adapted to be covered respectively by white and red transparent panels 15 and 16 which are preferably Celluloid and which may bear suitable. lidentification marks.

Param oFF-ica.

For detach? Y ably holding the said panels in position', I A provide tag slip plates 17 and 1S at the top i and bottom of the said openings, the said plates being constructed of metal, secured to the body member by screws 20 andv having offset retaining lips 19.

The body member 12 is screw threaded at each end-to cooperate withv screw threaded end caps 21 and QQ which have openings 23'A and 24 therein for the passage of light. Transf parent plates 25 and 26. which may bea-r suitable indicia. such as the initials of the.

driver of the car, are inserted between the lends of the body '12 and the end caps and aretbus securelv heldin place when vthe caps are screwed up tighti From the above description it will be apy parent that I have produced adevice of the character enumerated 'as desirable and. while I have illustrated the-preterred form of the invention, it will be understood that I re-'.i serve the right to all changes properly fall-y ing within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claim.

What I'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the Unite-d Statesis:

A parking light comprising a.' base plate, means for securing the same to the fender of n. vehicle, a standard in screw threaded engagement with the base plate, a light located o'n the uppere-nd of the standard, a

cylindrical body member surrounding the light4 and in screw threaded engagement with the upper end of the standard, elon` lgated openings in the front and rearjo the said body member, removable transparent 'panelssecured therein, screw threaded ends on the cylindrical body member, end caps in screw threaded' engagement therewith and transparent plates between the ends of the body member and the said end caps.

n testimony whereof I at'fx my signature.

` WILLIAM H. PEARsoN. 

